Man held over 'threat' to New Year's Eve in Sydney

 

 

A man has been arrested in Sydney, Australia, for allegedly making an online threat to the city’s New Year Festivities.

 

The 40-year-old was detained at the airport after getting off a flight from London. Police say he has been charged under laws relating to suicide or encouraging suicide, rather than anti-terrorism laws.

 

 

 

 

Police believe the detained man was acting alone and had “no links to any cultural groups”.

Security is tight for Saturday night.

“Certainly from our perspective, we will be using a number of strategies, from not just in the city but from further out and not just police. It is about a whole government approach to ensuring the highest level of safety for the public,” said Mick Fuller, Assistant Commissioner of New South Wales Police.

 

The challenge of policing Sydney harbour follows police raids in another Australian city, Melbourne, a week ago, which authorities say foiled an ISIL-inspired plot to attack prominent sites there at Christmas.

 

Sydney’s massive fireworks display is being readied for one of the world’s biggest New Year celebrations and one of the most iconic, with up to 1.5 million revellers set to hit the streets to welcome in 2017.

 

Australia, a staunch U.S. ally which sent troops to fight in Afghanistan and Iraq, has been on heightened alert for attacks by home-grown radicals since 2014.

 

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2016-12-31

No links to any cultural group, but planning suicide as a weapon. Interesting as there are not many cultural groups that are happy to die themselves to cause death to their perceived enemies(Japanese kamikaze pilots in WW2 an exception to that).

 

56 minutes ago, jaidam said:

No links to any cultural group, but planning suicide as a weapon. Interesting as there are not many cultural groups that are happy to die themselves to cause death to their perceived enemies(Japanese kamikaze pilots in WW2 an exception to that).

 

 

Incorrect & misleading info as usual from you. The guy is a white Irish man.  Damien James O'Neil, who posted a threat message via social media, noticed by the general public, reported to police and was arrested upon landing at Sydney airport.. No info on suicide bomb, links to Islamic terror, blah, blah...

Edited December 31, 20169 yr by simple1

2 minutes ago, simple1 said:

 

Incorrect & misleading info as usual from you. The guy is a white Irish man.  Damien James O'Neil, who posted a threat message via social media and was arrested upon landing at Sydney airport.. No info on suicide bomb, links to Islamic terror, blah, blah...

Lets wait until the dust has settled and more info is available before saying whether this was or was not an Islamist threat. There have been many caucasian converts to islam doing terror, your jumping to conclusions just because you have seen the guys name is highly prejudiced.

 

2 minutes ago, jaidam said:

Lets wait until the dust has settled and more info is available before saying whether this was or was not an Islamist threat. There have been many caucasian converts to islam doing terror, your jumping to conclusions just because you have seen the guys name is highly prejudiced.

 

Talk about jumping to conclusions.    You pretty much see a Muslim behind every bad thing that happens.   

4 minutes ago, jaidam said:

Lets wait until the dust has settled and more info is available before saying whether this was or was not an Islamist threat. There have been many caucasian converts to islam doing terror, your jumping to conclusions just because you have seen the guys name is highly prejudiced.

 

 

How about you waiting for information rather than constantly making false assumptions in your never ending attempts of vilification and outright bigotry

Edited December 31, 20169 yr by simple1

Just now, Credo said:

Talk about jumping to conclusions.    You pretty much see a Muslim behind every bad thing that happens.   

It was simple1 that started talking about muslims and islam, I was trying to tell him to wait for more info. thanks

2 minutes ago, jaidam said:

It was simple1 that started talking about muslims and islam, I was trying to tell him to wait for more info. thanks

 

Rubbish, don't lie, your assumptions are very clear in your first post

May be clear to apologists like yourself.

Most of us want to wait for more information.

And jaidam is correct, you, simple1, was the first to bring up islam.

More political correct bull shit reporting. Not connected to any group, phew!!! It is what it is so freakin say it.

Sydney’s massive fireworks display is being readied for one of the world’s biggest New Year celebrations and one of the most iconic, with up to 1.5 million revellers set to hit the streets to welcome in 2017.

 

You've lost me. Where is Sydney? 

10 hours ago, soc said:

May be clear to apologists like yourself.

Most of us want to wait for more information.

And jaidam is correct, you, simple1, was the first to bring up islam.

 

BS. The two of you are attempting to cover up your true selves which has been articulated in many posts. Numerous posts removed and suspensions issued against the member you're trying to defend for his bigoted commentary.

 

As a Mod recently commented in a topic, his agenda is very transparent, even though trying to veil his true motives.

Edited December 31, 20169 yr by simple1

8 hours ago, tharae said:

Sydney’s massive fireworks display is being readied for one of the world’s biggest New Year celebrations and one of the most iconic, with up to 1.5 million revellers set to hit the streets to welcome in 2017.

 

You've lost me. Where is Sydney? 

 

Sydney is the capital of Australia.

 
Sydney is the capital of Australia.

What???

I would say Canberra.
But, what do I know?

22 hours ago, simple1 said:

 

Incorrect & misleading info as usual from you. The guy is a white Irish man.  Damien James O'Neil, who posted a threat message via social media, noticed by the general public, reported to police and was arrested upon landing at Sydney airport.. No info on suicide bomb, links to Islamic terror, blah, blah...

Why do you assume he is Irish? Is this some subtle implication to denigrate known Irish bomber groups?

" Sydney man Damien James O'Neil, 40, is charged with sending the threatening document ........"

" The Chippendale man was arrested by counter-terrorism police ..........."

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2016/12/30/man-arrested-at-syd-airport-over-nye-threats.html

31 minutes ago, halloween said:

Why do you assume he is Irish? Is this some subtle implication to denigrate known Irish bomber groups?

" Sydney man Damien James O'Neil, 40, is charged with sending the threatening document ........"

" The Chippendale man was arrested by counter-terrorism police ..........."

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2016/12/30/man-arrested-at-syd-airport-over-nye-threats.html

 

Nope, first media reports were quoting him as an Irish national. Apparently now police believe he has some mental health issues.

Edited January 1, 20179 yr by simple1

13 hours ago, Don Mega said:

 

Sydney is the capital of Australia.

 

Of course it is. And Georgia is the capital of the USA.

6 hours ago, kangaloowest said:

 

Well, they are, aren't they ????????
Generally, anything that pertains to suicide and threats to other people safety, is a muso these days !!

 

I would say that in some circles that is the perception, it certainly makes the news. I can't speak for the Aussies as haven't reviewed their numbers, but in America at least when you look at the numbers the perception doesn't fit the reality. I would imagine its similar in other places but the actual results may vary. Every time I look at the numbers though it's usually a minority number of actual incidents which tend to receive a lot more press than other incidents.

 

On ‎31‎/‎12‎/‎2016 at 2:24 AM, jaidam said:

It was simple1 that started talking about muslims and islam, I was trying to tell him to wait for more info. thanks

 

Really?

 

So what did you mean by the very first response in this topic?

On ‎31‎/‎12‎/‎2016 at 1:18 AM, jaidam said:

No links to any cultural group, but planning suicide as a weapon. Interesting as there are not many cultural groups that are happy to die themselves to cause death to their perceived enemies(Japanese kamikaze pilots in WW2 an exception to that).

 

 

It was only after Simple1 pointed out the person's name that you started to back peddle and talking about waiting for more facts! 

On Sunday, January 01, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Don Mega said:

 

Sydney is the capital of Australia.

 

 

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Sydney Is not the capital of Australia, that's Canberra.

Sydney, with a harbor rivalled only by Rio, Is the capital of New South Wales, an Australian state, and theplace first settled by the Britush In 1788.

Australia Is comprised of 6 states and two territories, each with Its own capital, with Canberra being the capital of the Australian Capital Territory, and also the national capital, the seat of the Federal government.

Edited January 2, 20179 yr by F4UCorsair
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6 minutes ago, F4UCorsair said:

 

 

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Sydney Is not the capital of Australia, that's Canberra.

Sydney, with a harbor rivalled only by Rio, Is the capital of New South Wales, an Australian state, and theplace first settled by the Britush In 1788.

 

 

Yeah that Canberra things was a mistake.

3 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

 

 

Yeah that Canberra things was a mistake.

 

 

A former colleague contended that Australia was very fortunate because It had both the Gold Coast AND Canberra.  The spivs congregate Ion the Gold Coast and the Imbeciles congregate In Canberra!

Just now, F4UCorsair said:

 

 

A former colleague contended that Australia was very fortunate because It had both the Gold Coast AND Canberra.  The spivs congregate Ion the Gold Coast and the Imbeciles congregate In Canberra!

 

Canberra  is the most boring place on earth not to mention it is colder than Alaska in the winter and hotter than hell in the summer, little wonder the pm has a second "official" house in Sydney.